Water-bottle stopper.



No. 876,101. PATENTED 11111.?, 1908. 11.0. SGHWEINERT 1 H. P. KRAFT.

WATER BGTTLBSTOPPBR. APPLICATION FILED 0OT.10. 1902'.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEio-E,

`-.-.-,`^\HSHLI}\N 4CHARLESA SCHWEINERT, OF WEST HOBOKEX, NEW JERSEY, AND HENRY P.

KRAFT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS,

BY MESXE ASSGNUFNTS, 'lO A. SOHRADERS {'ON, `NCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., -i CORPORATION OF REW YORK.

WATER-BOTTLE STOPPEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908. y

Application filed October 1C. 1902. Serial No. l26673 To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MAXIMILIAN CHARLES SCHWEINERT, residing at West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of v New Jersey, and HENRY P. KRAFT, residing the city, county, and State of New York, citizens vofthe United States, have jointly invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Water-Bottle Stoppers, of which' edto extend within the bag and to prevent l the complete removal of the stopper. rlhe present application is in part a division of said application, and contains besides the; matter divided out from the parent appli= 'means of a thumb-piece G at the'top.

cation certain improvements iii details hereinafter specified.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustratingembodiments of the invention,- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a stopper with a retainer connected thereto, the stopper being-shown in place in the mouth of an ordinary hot-water bag. Figs. 2, 3,- 4 and 5 are similar views of different embodiments ofthe invention, omitting the bag. Fig. 6 illustrates a clip which may be used for detachably attaching the end of the retaining ineans'to the stopper.

, According to our 'resent invention we provide a'stcp er, anc a retaining means comprising a su stantially rigid steni connected at its uppJer end to the stopp er, A extending into the ag, and engaged within the bag preferably by means of an enlarged inner end' as hereinafter described so as to prevent omplete. separation of the stopper from the b u I n n A feature of the invention consists in inak-4 ingthe retainer of wire forming substantially a ring `and having a looped portion giving it resiliency so as .to plermit squeezing it through the mouth .of t manent distortion. Various other forms of retainer however may be used without de-.

parture from the invention ln order `to insert lthe retainer into the bag' it isf.: necessary topnsh thesameiin from the e bag without peroutside, and for this purpose the rigid stern which we provide is much more. convenient than a iiexible connection would be. Itis lso less apt to wear the inside of the rubber Another feature of value is the making of the retainer attachable to and detachable .from the stop er by hand, so that the retainers may be so d as separate articles of manufacture and may be attached to old Stoppers by the users.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the water bafr or other suitable liquid 'receptacle made ot rubber or similar 'flexible material having a neck B and a lip C extending u J above the mouth to form a funnel. Within the neck of the bag is a socket D provided with a stop er seat which may be the lower flange J of the screwthreads engaging the t reads of the socket D and may be screwed in place by Ther retaining means or confiner for the stopper 'comprises a substantially rigidstein su'c as the wire H loosely connected at its up er end to the under side of the stopper, as y beino passed through an aperture in a clip J which is detachably attached to arbutton K on the under side of the stopper. The

A ment analogous to the enlargement L ofFig.

`1. Theloose lconnection at the top may be made .by merely passing the wires H H through the aperture of the clip J.

,A third construction 'which is within' our `invention is shown in Fig. 3, in which a single wireH forms the rigid stem; and is pivotally connected at its'upper end to the stopper, said Wire being passed through the aperture in the clip J; the enlargement at the lower end being iormedin this caseb'ya spiral con- 4stem H has at its lower end an integral yield-l socket. The stopper F isy rovided with volntion. l? vof the lower end 'the Wire.

ne difiere/nt enlargements at lower end ot the stern previously'described, We may use. separate ineniber oonsisting oi' ring L3 (Fig 4)' or ot amT other l suite-ble iorni Without departing .troni the generic invention. This ring nietVT be sus y pendedby n stein Censis et ai singleywire H es shown, or otherwise, and may be either pf'irinnnentij,v or detnr'hnbly fastened. to .the l stopper, being shown as attached by ineens l of e. d etziolnible Clip l similar to tht of Fig. 1. .'lr te yenlargement or retainer et the i .endy i theistein may be of the torni shown inv ib". 5, in.;l 'We Cons' Ver thislforin preferable to the others. It may be either integral with the stein H or `formed sepah rately and connected thereto. It comprises e Wire forming substantially e ring Lt? pointed at its lower end to facilitate izzi'ssin'g it through the. inouth ot the bag and having et itsopposite ende loop iii, preterabllsi i 1 vend is Very easily started. and beoeuse et the spiral oiE two eonolntions to give it resilieney l and to perinit squeezing it through tno nio'utli of the bag without permanent distortion` Suehn retainer :is this opposes eonsidernlile resistance to being Withdrawn out of the mouth ot the lbag, .but bec-anse of its 'pointed loop M yields readilyv to its being pushed entirely through the inoiith of the beg. It formed separately from the stein7 the entire v.ring may be made of a single piece ot' (Wire, preterablywith its ends Aabutting..and soldered together, though notneeessziril;T sog' it made integral With the stein the latter may be formed of it single Wire es shoWii,..'hieli vis first bent to forni one ofthe convolutions" of the loop M and then passes te the side and down tothe lower end and thence up the Opposite side, bending into a convolution' Whose endk is attached to the lower end ot the straight portieri of the Wire H, is shown.

It Will be seen that our inrei tion providesl :i retaining ineens `which is extremely simple and cheap, and Wine/lilies nienj: advent-ges in actual use. 'The ster.; ofthe retainer or confiner is somewhat longer than the lipt ot' the bag, and by reason'oi' the tlexible'ronnece tion With the stopper tle letter is permitted to hang over tlie'edge ot the lip `\\"hen`\\'itli drawn: and in convenient position tor reing sertion into vthe mouth. When the heg is closed there is no aimnrent eoimevtion between the bag and the stopper. The parts Within. the bag nre so light und snmll :is to be. unnoticeeblennd without objeet''mmble elireC-t. ll'hen the stopper is n'iihifwn n nml Alf-iuni over the edge olt the l'unnel Ihm-iis no substantial obstruction to the :nlhession il;

` tioularityot `detail a niiniber ot re ereioi atei"A in sc rewi itginto,orVV l socket the entire retainer mei- .tnrnirit and ont ofthe Wei' so es not te, nter with the hand oi the persoizi-nienipnl Though ,ii-'e here described with gi en )en init g devices embodving our invention, fret itV is to be understood that theiiiventien is ini/t linitedto thel particular :terms iilns .rated :ind desrribed. I The details enden: .binfitions of the pnrtsnre veria-ble withirgrunt range persons skilled 'in the ziit n'i'liont de ture from the invention. Fei" exemple, it not essential that gin imposante eoiini'wtinii should he Used hetii-een tliestopper and the) bug. The stein oit the; ret-einer inzijr be permenentl)v attachednjitliin.the brig without mo lilrationotthentlier tentures et the inysnbstnn-tiilly rigid stein mnneeted et its 'np-1 per end'to the stopper :intl :nlnpted to extend into sind to-oe engaged within the heg o-prevVent Complete separation et' the stopper 'from -the beg, said retaining ineens being attente able to and d-etaehsihle from the stopper by hund. I Y

i3. A retainer 'for Water-bag stopper prising i Wire forming: substantiellliY :i Closed' ligure and haring nlo'oped portion giringv it 'resilienmso :is to permit sqiieezingit through the month of the bg-withoutperm:ment di`v prising 'a wire forming-snbet-antinlly n closed` tignie pointed et oneV end to i'zirilil'iie pais.. l it through the mouth iota heg. and loeped ,zit

its oppesite end to giveV it itesilienqiY und per `mit squeezing it through the month of the bfi-g Withoutpermanentdistortion. v A

'i 4. A ietninerifor Writer beg stoppei's', ini-r ing nien-ns foreiigageinent with a Weiter. beg,

said retainer being adapted. to periiiitsereiw ing and unserewing oi' the stopper,l en'dto prevent completesepnration oi the stopper `from the heg whenreinoi'ed from vits snel-iet.

and being Adapted when such stopper isrw moved to permit free idling and emptying ol thellmgiind mea-ns whereinY the reta-nier .said retainer being ndnpted to permit serene ing und nnseren'mg ol' the stopper, nml to reu-nt rompleie sepzirzit'ion oi' the stopper l trom the hug when removed from it;` .smelten and being adapted when such stopper is removed to permit free filling and emptying of the bag, and means whereby the retainer may be connected to and disconnected from a stopper by hand.

6. A retainer for water bag Stoppers, having means adapted to extend within the bag, said retainer being adapted'to permit screwing and unscrewing of the stopper, and to prevent complete separation of the stopper from the bag when removed from its socket, and being adapted when such stopper is removed to-perinit free filling and emptying of the bag, and means whereby the retainer may be connected to a stopper uy hand.

7. The combination with a retainer for water bag Stoppers adapted to preveiitfthe complete separation of the stopper from the bag, of a stopper, a button on the bottom of said stopper, and means for detachabliconnecting said retainer to said button.

S. The vcombination.with a retainer for" water bag stopper-s c-oiiiprising a wire having ends converging inwardly and downwardly at the lower end to facilitate passing the same through tlienioutli of a bag, and adapted to extend within the bag to prevent a complete separation of the stopper .from the bag, of means for detachabiy connecting said retainer to stopper.

9. rl`he combination with a water bag of 4soft 'flexible material, having a screwtliread ed stopper, of4 a retainer engaging said bag and stopper so as in effect to swivel the stop- `per to the b ag, whereby to permit the screwing and uiiscrewing of said stopper, said re- `taiiier being adapted to prevent complete separation of the stopper from the bag, and

being adapted to permit the bag to be filledand emptied when the stopper is removed,l and means whereby the retainer maybe connected to the stopper by hand.

l0. The combination with a water bag stopper having a portion of-reduced diameter,

of a retainer therefor adapted to prevent the complete sepaation ofthe stopper from the bag, and means whereby said retainer maybe connected to suc-h reduced portion by hand.

11. A retainer forwater bag Stoppers or the like, adapted to engage a water bag and permit free screwing and unscrewiiig of the stopper, means whereby said retainer may be connect-ed to the stopper by hand, and said retainer includingl means to prevent the complete separation of the retainer and bag, said last mentioned means being adapted to be inserted by hand into the bag.

12. The combination with a stopper for water bags, of a retainer therefor connected to the bot-tom of said stopper and adapted to extend within the bag'andto prevent the complete separation of said stopper from the bag and to permit free filling and emptying of the bag when removed therefrom, said retainer being adapted for disconnection from said stopper by hand.

13. The combination with a stopper for water bags, of a retainer therefor7 a button on the bottom of said stopper, said retainer bein detachably connected to said button an adapted to extend within the bag and to pref vent the complete separation of said stopper from the bag.

14. The combination with al stopper forV water bags, of a retainer therefor detacliably connected thereto and comprising Wires converging inwardly at their lower end to facili- Y tate passing the same through the mouth of,

a bag.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto signed our naines iii the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

M. CHARLES SCHWEINERT. HENRY P. KRAFT.

Titnessesz I GEORGE H. FRASER, Tiioinis F. WALLACE.

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